Originally posted by OnTheClock:We still have needs virtually everywhere.

OT, OG, Speed RB.

DE, NT, OLB, S, CB

KR.

I honestly believe our first two picks almost assuredly have to be OL unless it is 200% clear that there's a BPA we have to pick otherwise.

If Okung, Williams, and Berry are off the board with our first pick I still think Bryant becomes a real possibility. If Alex continues to play well a big part of his success will be because of the better personnel around him. With Vernon looking like a probowler, Crabtree making a very quick splash, and Morgan still coming into his own I think we can afford to take a shot at Dez. Spurlock, Battle, and Bruce will be gone so we will have a few vacant spots available. I think a group consisting of Crabtree, Bryant, Morgan, Jones, and Hill is actually pretty solid. A side bonus would be having Bryant fill the role of KR/PR. Then with our 2nd 1st rounder take the best o lineman available.

If our targets are off the board

we will trade down

McCloughan has never traded down in his five drafts as 49ers GM. And NFL teams are hating those high first round pick rookie contracts even more and more. The 49ers got no offers in the 09 draft to trade down from the 10th pick even with a top five talent in the draft Crabtree still available. And even if you do somehow pull off a trade down, you will most likely be fleeced a la the Browns by the Jets. The Browns have garbage at QB, and their best wide receiver is a rookie 2nd round pick. The Browns passed over Sanchez and Crabtree to take the savior of their offense with a pick in the 20s: Center Alex Mack.

Crabtree was number 1 on our boards

Thats why we didnt trade down, would have taken a significant offer to do so.

If it comes time down to draft time and the best player available is ranked 6 or 5th on our board, dont be surprised if we trade down.

LOL. First of all, no one in the 49ers organization said Crabtree was number one on the 49ers draft board. You made that crap up. Second, just because you want to trade down doesnt mean it will happen. If you dont believe that check the story on this link:http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/49ers/archives/2009/04/mccloughan-seve.html
Never mind, you'll make something up again so I'll just copy and paste the gist of article here:

McCloughan: Seven teams want to trade top pick
According to Scot McCloughan, just about every team ahead of the 49ers is trying to trade back. Whether it's because of a dearth of talent or the amount of money required for a Top 10 pick, McCloughan said in a media session with the beatwriters a few minutes ago that seven of the nine teams ahead of the 49ers have called and said they had no problem trading down.

“I know who I want, and it’s Michael Crabtree,” McCloughan had answered instantly. “To me he’s a home run, an impact player who gives us something we don’t have.....

Originally posted by OnTheClock:We still have needs virtually everywhere.

OT, OG, Speed RB.

DE, NT, OLB, S, CB

KR.

I honestly believe our first two picks almost assuredly have to be OL unless it is 200% clear that there's a BPA we have to pick otherwise.

If Carolina wins 6 games, they might pick 10-12th. In that case, we might be looking at OT Trent Williams.

Best course of action?

1) Look for a S/CB/RB who can double as a KR.
2) Get one pure guard, one pure tackle, and then a versatile tweener who can play everywhere.
3) With Briggs developing on the PS, and Jean-Francois as well in the active 53, with Balmer playing pretty well, we can probably look more for NT and go after UDFA's for DE, releasing D.Evans.
4) I think we're going to try and start Reggie and perhaps develop Curtis Taylor as future SS, so we may not draft an SS either.

I'm not convinced the top-end OL talent will there for us to take in the 1st rounds, seeing as the terrible teams will likely be needing OL. I'd be content drafting OL in the later rounds to provide quality depth, which we sorely lack.

Originally posted by OnTheClock:We still have needs virtually everywhere.

OT, OG, Speed RB.

DE, NT, OLB, S, CB

KR.

I honestly believe our first two picks almost assuredly have to be OL unless it is 200% clear that there's a BPA we have to pick otherwise.

If Okung, Williams, and Berry are off the board with our first pick I still think Bryant becomes a real possibility. If Alex continues to play well a big part of his success will be because of the better personnel around him. With Vernon looking like a probowler, Crabtree making a very quick splash, and Morgan still coming into his own I think we can afford to take a shot at Dez. Spurlock, Battle, and Bruce will be gone so we will have a few vacant spots available. I think a group consisting of Crabtree, Bryant, Morgan, Jones, and Hill is actually pretty solid. A side bonus would be having Bryant fill the role of KR/PR. Then with our 2nd 1st rounder take the best o lineman available.

If our targets are off the board

we will trade down

McCloughan has never traded down in his five drafts as 49ers GM. And NFL teams are hating those high first round pick rookie contracts even more and more. The 49ers got no offers in the 09 draft to trade down from the 10th pick even with a top five talent in the draft Crabtree still available. And even if you do somehow pull off a trade down, you will most likely be fleeced a la the Browns by the Jets. The Browns have garbage at QB, and their best wide receiver is a rookie 2nd round pick. The Browns passed over Sanchez and Crabtree to take the savior of their offense with a pick in the 20s: Center Alex Mack.

Crabtree was number 1 on our boards

Thats why we didnt trade down, would have taken a significant offer to do so.

If it comes time down to draft time and the best player available is ranked 6 or 5th on our board, dont be surprised if we trade down.

LOL. First of all, no one in the 49ers organization said Crabtree was number one on the 49ers draft board. You made that crap up. Second, just because you want to trade down doesnt mean it will happen. If you dont believe that check the story on this link:http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/49ers/archives/2009/04/mccloughan-seve.html
Never mind, you'll make something up again so I'll just copy and paste the gist of article here:

McCloughan: Seven teams want to trade top pick
According to Scot McCloughan, just about every team ahead of the 49ers is trying to trade back. Whether it's because of a dearth of talent or the amount of money required for a Top 10 pick, McCloughan said in a media session with the beatwriters a few minutes ago that seven of the nine teams ahead of the 49ers have called and said they had no problem trading down.

“I know who I want, and it’s Michael Crabtree,” McCloughan had answered instantly. “To me he’s a home run, an impact player who gives us something we don’t have.....

I think we're all in agreement that we need a haul up of offensive linemen in this upcoming draft. As of now, my first 4 picks in the upcoming draft would be:

1a. CJ Spiller - I have him here as my first selection because I have a feeling that he's going to perform VERY well at the combine. Also, we need that change of pace back that can even play some slot at receiver. Overall, great weapon on offense. This is also predicting that Eric Berry and Ndamukong Suh are off the board.

1b. Mike Iupati - I am not taking a risk on waiting to select this guy in the 2nd round because I'm sure he'll be off the board. The man is an athletic giant that can help open up holes on either guard side. It'll be reminiscent of the days when Larry Allen was here. They may also give him a shot at RT.

2. Jason Fox - If we were lucky enough to get Fox in the 2nd, then Iupati can stick to guard and our o-line would be set for years.

I'm on the fence about Spiller. As a RB, I just don't see where he'd get touches in our offense, since we barely get the ball enough to Gore as is (falling behind quickly and going 3-and-out constantly doesn't help). Not to mention, Gore hasn't been able to do anything behind our crap OL anyways.

Originally posted by znk916:I'm on the fence about Spiller. As a RB, I just don't see where he'd get touches in our offense, since we barely get the ball enough to Gore as is (falling behind quickly and going 3-and-out constantly doesn't help). Not to mention, Gore hasn't been able to do anything behind our crap OL anyways.

But he does have tremendous value in the return game, so....

thats why we can get oline help in fa and in the draft to help out the running gm. once the oline gets solved everything on the offensive side will be very good. we can use spiller like the saints use bush

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